Enviros Sue FMC Over Stalled Clean Truck Program

Law360, New York (November 11, 2008, 12:00 AM EST) -- Three environmental groups, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, have sued the Federal Maritime Commission over a recent move to block allegedly anti-competitive elements of a diesel truck phaseout program at the ports of two California cities.

The complaint, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, accuses the FMC of violating the National Environmental Policy Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by failing to assess the environmental impact of blocking the Clean Trucks Program before filing a lawsuit...